eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

CoderZ , an online learning environment where students learn robotics and STEM by coding virtual robots, has been named a 2020 Tech Edvocate Award winner in the Best Coding App or Tool category. A complete list of winners of the 2020 Tech Edvocate Awards can be found here.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

If correct, this means that one out of every three public school children was chronically absent during the second full school year of the pandemic, when most children were learning in person and should have been catching up from the disrupted year of 2020 and the first half of 2021. Before the pandemic, only about 16 percent of U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Through advocacy on campuses and in communities and ongoing state and federal investment in the real cost of higher education—including housing, food and other supports—we can and should make a firm commitment to students who are doing everything they can to become economically self-sufficient. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2024

Some of the lead teachers with bachelor’s degrees were earning about $21 an hour in January 2020 (about $44,000 a year) and are now making $28 an hour (about $58,000). Less experienced full-time teachers have seen similar pay bumps, from $17 an hour in 2020 to $24 today. The pieces are starting to come together now,” Brown says. “It

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2020

8 most popular story of 2020. Our learning model fosters independence and self-advocacy with applications in all areas of a student’s life. This story on how teaching critical thinking skills online during the COVID pandemic, originally published on April 29, was eSN’s No. Check back each day for the next story in our countdown.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

As an organization on a mission to build a strong, socially conscious and diverse tech workforce, the past year showed us where we can strengthen our existing practices and sharpen our focus and advocacy efforts to be even further out on the leading edge of innovative learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

percent for students who started in fall 2014, according to a 2020 report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The measure aims to fix a longstanding problem in American higher education: Many more people start college than finish on time, within six years—or ever. The national six-year college completion rate was 60.1

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2021

Amid the Black Lives Matter movement of 2020, calls to Abolish Greek Life gathered momentum. Research funded by fraternity and sorority advocacy groups has been more positive. These are very, very strong results,” said Julie Ray, a senior consultant at Gallup. But the Ohio study found no future income boost.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Cole-Ochoa is among the educators nationwide who are trying new approaches to social-emotional learning in hopes of helping students deal with the continuing mental health struggles that took shape or worsened during the isolation of remote learning that started in 2020.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2021

They were empathetic toward schools in Spring 2020 as educators scrambled to make remote learning happen, she adds. But McKittrick’s analysis of school reopening plans for Fall 2020 revealed little mention of special education programs. McKittrick’s disappointment didn’t just come from her role as a researcher. “I

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Just as the scramble to spin up remote learning shined a light on school inequities in 2020, Gilmore says mental health resources — or the lack thereof — continues that now. Can every taxpayer see the value of having mental health professionals [in schools]? Your mileage is going to vary.”

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Delaware Department of Education has added to their 17 early literacy micro-credentials that were launched in 2020 with 12 new micro-credentials to support early literacy throughout the state.*. Delaware Department of Education. Institute for Student Achievement (ISA). National Association for Gifted Children.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. Spring 2020 Submission Window Open. Lesson learned: Thought partnership helps keep ‘fails’ to a minimum.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2023

In the winter of 2020, I participated in a two-day youth organizing retreat in Detroit. In the summer of 2020, I worked with youth organizers in Detroit to conduct listening sessions with youth across the city and state; we wanted to support local organizations in developing their own education justice campaigns.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2021

After nearly a decade of organizing, advocacy, planning and hand-wringing, we passed a Preschool for All initiative. Nearly a year ago now, in my corner of the country—Multnomah County, Ore., which encompasses the city of Portland—something remarkable happened. We did get the balance right.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In early 2020, 7.3 In October 2020, a little more than two- thirds of K-12 principals estimated that their students with disabilities would perform somewhat or much lower than they had before the pandemic.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. China’s Education Modernization 2030 Policy and Ten Year Development Plan for ICT and Education 2010-2020 are among government initiatives named that intend to improve the country’s education in the long run. Whereas the U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. New resources on student data privacy.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. New resources on student data privacy.

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Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. New resources on student data privacy.

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Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. New resources on student data privacy.

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Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. New resources on student data privacy.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. New resources on student data privacy.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. New resources on student data privacy.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. New resources on student data privacy.

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Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A 2020 report for the U.S. That includes Barbara Duffield, executive director of SchoolHouse Connection, a nonprofit focused on homeless education advocacy. But critics allege that this argument is self-serving, and the 2020 Senate report listed Monarch School as having a higher than average chronic absentee rate , at 58.8

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

Meanwhile, a 2020 study found a significant connection between average yearly income and average reading levels. NAEP long-term trends data also show that average scores for 13-year-old students in 2022 declined 4 points in reading from the previous assessment report in 2020.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2022

Teachers report being more stressed as the pandemic goes on, and much more likely to leave the profession than they were before March 2020. But if you’re reading this article—if you’re engaged enough in education to be reading EdSurge—you probably don’t believe that data. And for good reason.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Despite a pandemic that has labeled child care workers “essential” and raised public awareness of the importance of early care and education, the industry remains “woefully” underfunded and overlooked, says Caitlin McLean, senior research specialist and co-author of the Early Childhood Workforce Index 2020.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

In response to the Covid-19 crisis, the federal government paused student loan payments, interest and collections in March 2020 and recently extended that pause until May 2022. Michele Streeter is the associate director of Policy and Advocacy at The Institute for College Access & Success. Families cannot afford to wait.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

“This year’s NAEP results confirm the absence of political will in the last two years to do anything revolutionary to change the trajectory for our children’s futures,” a statement from Memphis Lift and Nashville Propel, two Tennessee-based parent advocacy groups said.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

And the group found that in the fall of 2020-21, 20 percent of undergraduate teacher-education programs had seen enrollment drops of 11 percent or more because of the pandemic. So how are teacher prep programs responding? Such outreach might be especially important to draw teachers from groups that are underrepresented in teaching.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The research team at Rapid-EC , an early childhood and family well-being survey launched in April 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, led by Dr. Phil Fisher at the University of Oregon, has tracked child well-being weekly since the onset of the pandemic. There are many more since the arrival of COVID-19.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Though the concept of medical-legal partnerships has existed since the 1990s, the Yale partnership, launched in November 2020, is the first in the nation focused exclusively on children’s behavioral health. Last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services invested $1.6 Department of Health and Human Services invested $1.6

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

It wants to create a movement of “equity designers” through youth programs, leadership development and educational advocacy tools. It hopes to run the service in all 50 states by 2020. It hopes to open its doors to students in fall 2020. It wants to open in fall 2020. The school will be for young boys in New Orleans.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Most recently, early childhood education won big during the 2020 election , with voters in Colorado and Portland, Ore., As for what the program prepares students to do after graduation, Kauerz foresees multiple professional possibilities, including jobs at government agencies, philanthropic organizations, think tanks or advocacy groups.

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